, 1887-11-24
From SATURDAYS Daily.

him in.
From SaTurdax's Daily.
Pat Manion has Just received a team
of horses from Oregon.
John Carroll and wife are in town
from DanEeness, with their sick child.
Norman Smith of Port Angeles went
east via the Canadian Pacific few
weeks ago.
Frank J. McArdlc is authorized lee
t1rer and orsa#;a,T # the Angeles
colony
Maj ]. II. Jones. inspector Of customs,
h.- been Transferred to LaCorner- No
one has Yet been appointed to succeed
him at Tacoma.
Query: Is Jol- Hamilton trying to
boom Tacoma, or has he merely turned
himself loose for the benefit of Eilcns-
hurg?
Mrs Capt Race OF Port Discovery
won the centFe-table spread that was
ratified at LatimeE's drug store.
The ARGUS real estate man is out a
good share of his time these days
showing customers around.
Mr.. Walter Sutherland. futher-in- law
Of Dr. Hunt of This city, is expected
home soon from the east.
If You have any lnHds Of any dcscrip-
ton whatever. for sale, leave them with
the ARGUS agency
The Port Angeles papor must be boom
ing. 1t comes out with published
statement of monies received on sub
scription since last statement along in
| the sumTer-makiug ii grand total of
of SII Is!
More hotel room" is the cry these
days. Our leading hotels are all crowd
ed evon when there is nothing unusual!
to draw people to town.
Jimmy Stockand. who has become
almost fixture in Waterman & Katz'
stoTe at Friday Harbor. paid his folks in
this city visit during the week.
The United States Light House board
has recommended that an appropriation
of $4,000 be made by Congress for the
| construction OF light house at Gray's
| Harbor.
| The new management Of the Port
Townsend Foundry are taking steps to
| perfect and carry on both the foundry
and machine ahop. Wish them sue
cess.
The Goldendale Sentinel published
last week handsome lithograph OF the
| town OF Goldendale, and has begun .
series OF articles on the topography and
resources OF Kliekitat county.
The Libby took the Dispatch's mail
freight aud passengers yesterday as Tar
as Angeles. She will proceed to serve
her own route, and then call at Angeles
and Dungeness on her return.
A lot of fine fruit trees were received
at the Hastings commission house yes
terday from Cooks nursery III Vancouver.
| Why don't some enteTprisiUg nursery
man get few acres of land out toward
| UniVeraity Hill-and go into business?
| Ex-Mayor Smith was showing around
| party of Boston fishermen yesterday.
Messrs. Colt and Sprasue are the gem
tlemen, and they are looking for loca-
tion not only to carry on a fishery but
| to erect works for drying, smoking. try
ing out oil, &c. They were shown
| arouDd our bay.
Rev. J. B. Alexander, British Vice
Consul. sitting as a court OF inquiry ID
the case OF the ship Duchess of Argyle
found that more light houses and fog
signals were needed oE the west coast of
Vancouver Island. Sensible conslusion.
and one that the British government
would do well to heed.
The dry dock at EIquimalt is to be
greatly enlarged-so says report. Port
| Towus8nd's dry dock ought to be ready
for enlargement by next year; but some
of our property ownets must be taken
| with enlargement of the heart (or purse)
to provide the necessary bonus, before 1t
can even be started-much less enlarged.
The steamship Alexander Gibson,
which is daily expected, sailed from 4o-
kohama October 10. Her cargo con-
sists of $500 tons or 1854 packages as
follows: Fer Chicago, 1885 packages:
| New York. 1888; Montreal $500; Toron-
to. $50: Kansas City, 300; Hamilton,
Ont, I4O: Tacoma, AZ; San Francisco,
SO; Omaha Al and st. Panl l4O.
The new ElIensburg paper wants to
| get up row with Port Townsend. Col
Hamilton gIeefulIy points to our light
vote the other day when no one took
any interest in it. He also says IN dis
cussing our big hotel project that this Is
nice quiet town to sleep IN, and that
the enterprise ought to succeed. We
intend to "Iay" for that editor and
| break his back.
California contains the two largest
wine vineyards in the worlf-Sen ator
Stanfords vineyard at Vina, Tehama
county, Of $500 acres, and the Nadeau